Lentils a la Mattre d'Hotel

Ingredients

• three pints of lentils
• two quarts of water
• a pinch of salt
• four ounces of butter
• a pinch of pepper
• nutmeg
• a tablespoonful of chopped parsley
• the yolks of two eggs
• two tablespoonfuls of water

Method

1. 1

   Wash lentils, boil in water with salt until tender, drain, and mix with butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and parsley.

2. 2

   Mix egg yolks with water, add to lentils, and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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